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A Short History of the Apocalypse

The vital guide to your future survival

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A Short History of the Apocalypse

By: Frankie Boyle, Charlie Skelton
Narrated by: Frankie Boyle, Yassine Belkacemi, Núria Riba Rossy
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*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon*

Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum; David Suchet's News Sachet) as they debrief time traveller and bon vivant from the late 21st Century, Alonso Lampe.

Will humanity survive the coming cataclysm? Find out inside, along with helpful tips on cannibalism, thunderdome etiquette, and post-societal dating.

How do you go about joining a militia?
What will life be like in a billionaire's bunker?
How will people entertain themselves in re-education camps?

All these questions will be fully and satisfactorily answered.

With exclusive illustrations by Hall of Fame comic artist Frank Quitely, A Short History of the Apocalypse is vital to your future survival.

©2024 Frankie Boyle (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Comedy & Humour Future Studies Politics & Government Funny Witty

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Repugnant

Everything I have come to expect. If you enjoyed the end monologues in New World Order, this is exactly the sort of thing you will enjoy listening to.

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Two wild minds

I cannot help but laugh but in equal measure think to myself.....do charlie and frankie need help? An intervention fulled mind mess of a book. Joyous at times. Laugh out loud funny at others. Mostly you think to yourself.....are they okay??

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A quirky tale of…

The inevitable. Great listen. My journal is now full of tips for survival. UB40 mentioned here and on the podcast shall make Frankie and my good self have words if we meet. Anyway! Buy it. Great read or listen…

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Verging On Madness

Great to hear Frankie chatting, and you can just zone out and listen to his iconic voice. But it's pretty tough to follow as a story. There are so many in-depth irrelevant stories that are barely tied to the larger point. Almost verging on madness. Huge drawn out descriptions of meaningless stuff. I don't mind jokes about anything at all, but listening to 10 minutes about German people eating their own waste for no reason is a bit wearing. Reading this as a book must be tough. Still, glad to see he narrated it (apart from the introduction don't be put off by that voice). And most importantly great to see someone looking the reality of the future square in the face.

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Excellent listen

Great book!Thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish.Didn’t expect anything less from Frankie. I will be honest the future doesn’t sound as bad as I expected!

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Relentlessly bleak and hilarious, just like real life.

Think of Frankie's amazing monologues from New World Order, but 10 hours of it and it's all a cohesive monstrosity of the inevitable.

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Listened from my ditch

Hail Zendeya.

What a ballad of words to keep me company as I wait for the bomb drones. It's a hilarious listen that has HBO level story.

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Perfect

Exactly what I imagine the future to be, thanks Frankie and Charlie for confirming what my now dead grandchildren are telling me isn’t complete bollox.

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Required reading for the apocalypse

This is a fascinating and poignant account of what will become of us once the apocalypse has begun. Very funny, wildly surreal and full of wisdom for the future. Quite a lot of cannibalism.

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Essential prep for an inevitable future

A harrowing yet doubtlessly accurate account of humanity’s destination. Still, you’ve got to laugh, and laugh I did.

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